Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 2326

BERNHARD ZONDEK (1891-1966) Das Hormon des Hypophysenvorderlappens. I. Testobjekt zum Nachweis des Hormons. (In Klinische Wochenschrift. Vol. 6 (1927), pp. 248-252.) 29 cm.

The pituitary gland, especially its anterior lobe, has sometimes been described as the organ which controls the entire internal secretion of hormones. This is because the many hormones it produces have a great influence on the other organs of internal secretion such as the adrenals, thyroid, testes, ovaries, and pancreas. The pituitary was the subject of a considerable amount of research during the early years of the twentieth century and, when Zondek and Aschheim were doing their research, it was known that the gland affected bodily growth and influenced sexual development and function. Zondek and Aschheim were both German gynecologists who worked together at the University of Berlin and the Charité Hospital where Aschheim was in charge of the laboratories. Their mutual interest in the pituitary gland led them to isolate the gonadotrophic hormones of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland. They called these hormones prolan A, follicle-stimulating, and prolan B, luteinizing. In this paper, the authors report on the discovery of the hormones.

Cited references: Garrison-Morton 1168

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